Monday, December 8, 2008

JEFF GRAY - Pages 108-109 Lyon County KY Lunatic Inquest Book

This day Sam C Molloy, Attorney for the Commonwealth, filed an information as follows, to-wit:

To Hon. W L Crumbaugh, Judge of the Lyon County Court: I am reliably informed that Jeff Gray is a person of unsound mind, and a lunatic and therefore ask that a jury be impaneled to pass upon the subject.

Sam C Molloy County Attorney Lyon CountyOrdered by the Court, That T J Watkins Esq, an Attorney of this Court, be and he is hereby appointed to defend for and on behalf of the person under trial.

who being duly impaneled and sworn according to law, after hearing the evidence, returned the following verdict, viz: We of the jury find from the evidence that Jeff Gray is not a lunatic as charged but is laboring under a nervous excitement that he was born in Lyon Co Ky, and resides in Lyon Co Ky and is 30 years old; [the remainder of the standard paragraph is lined through. Underneath the lines, it says his parents are dead.].

[none of the following paragraph is filled in]wherefore it is adjudged by the Court that said _________ is of unsound mind and a _________ and that _________ be immediately conveyed to the asylum at _________ Kentucky, and _________ is appointed to convey _________ to said asylum and he is allowed _________ guard.

1.(a) Age - 30 (b) Occupation - farmer (c) Married or Single - single (d) Habits - Temperate (e) Educated - slightly2.(a) What relations have been insane – Mother for a while3.(a) Date of first attack – Three or four days ago (b) How exhibited – Talking at random (c) Has it changed in character at any any former period -4.(a) Supposed cause – not known (b) Any peculiar illusions and what - (c) Subject to fits. None How long - From what cause - (d) Natural Temper - good5.(a) Attempt at suicide - none (b) Violence toward others - none6.Periodic frenzy - none7.(a) Restraint imposed - (b) Treatment used - (c) Bleeding - none8. Injury about head - none9.